intern

Meanings

Plural: interns

Noun

an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.

Verb

deprive of freedom
- "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
work as an intern
- "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
To internalize.
To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.

Adj

Internal.

Origin / Etymology

From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.

Synonyms

houseman, interne, medical intern

Scrabble Score: 6

intern is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
intern is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intern is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

intern is a valid Words With Friends word